I see your point,... "the good old days", and "aren't we tired of these darn computers", making arts and crafts too easy and taking all the handmade quality fun away.
Like everything 20 years or older we can see a naive charm we long for again, when we were innocent too. it's not just in printed matter but in all aspects of our daily lives. There's nothing I find more boring today than looking thru someone's wedding album or baby pictures. Uhg!
I think you are just looking in the wrong places. Really great talent is hard to find, but it's there. I've seen it, and if you need any links or info. mail me! :)
I'm sure 50 yrs. from now or more, anything generated on an impersonal tool with no human warmth, the computer, will appear charming, or at least interesting to those looking. I only wish I could be there to view it in the context of that time period, relative to technology.
What would Andy Warhol be doing if he had a Mac?
So let the iPhoto, ImageStation, Shutterfly, Snapfish folks make their money. I'll contribute. I'm looking forward to more wonderful gadgets and tech-machines making my creativity blossom even more. (I used to paint the old fashioned way)
Oh, and please check out my iPhoto book if you get the chance! . . . you might be surprised?! http://homepage.mac.com/rpirman/MissingpartsBook1/PhotoAlbum15.html
My Web site is a "scrapbook" in a sense: it's centered on things I was (am) interested in, and is intended to help others share some aspects of the big and little joys that continue to nourish my appreciation of life.
My not-very-aggressive assault on eBay has yielded enough gems related to my interest in early (50s-60s) Southern California sports car road racing that by my reckoning it will be two years before it's all accommodated in digital display-if I stop acquiring today.
I get a couple of new reflections of joy ("Boy does that bring back memories...") from Web surfers who chance by and bother to say so. No telling how many smile and move on.
Oh, yes, but...
I see your point,... "the good old days", and "aren't we tired of these darn computers", making arts and crafts too easy and taking all the handmade quality fun away.
Like everything 20 years or older we can see a naive charm we long for again, when we were innocent too. it's not just in printed matter but in all aspects of our daily lives. There's nothing I find more boring today than looking thru someone's wedding album or baby pictures. Uhg!
I think you are just looking in the wrong places. Really great talent is hard to find, but it's there. I've seen it, and if you need any links or info. mail me! :)
I'm sure 50 yrs. from now or more, anything generated on an impersonal tool with no human warmth, the computer, will appear charming, or at least interesting to those looking. I only wish I could be there to view it in the context of that time period, relative to technology.
What would Andy Warhol be doing if he had a Mac?
So let the iPhoto, ImageStation, Shutterfly, Snapfish folks make their money. I'll contribute. I'm looking forward to more wonderful gadgets and tech-machines making my creativity blossom even more. (I used to paint the old fashioned way)
Oh, and please check out my iPhoto book if you get the chance! . . . you might be surprised?! http://homepage.mac.com/rpirman/MissingpartsBook1/PhotoAlbum15.html
website: http://rpirman.com
sincerely,
Rick Pirman
http://rpirman.com
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My Web site is a "scrapbook" in a sense: it's centered on things I was (am) interested in, and is intended to help others share some aspects of the big and little joys that continue to nourish my appreciation of life.
My not-very-aggressive assault on eBay has yielded enough gems related to my interest in early (50s-60s) Southern California sports car road racing that by my reckoning it will be two years before it's all accommodated in digital display-if I stop acquiring today.
I get a couple of new reflections of joy ("Boy does that bring back memories...") from Web surfers who chance by and bother to say so. No telling how many smile and move on.
Frank S
http://fsheff.com